Elizabeth Jeannette (Unknown) Lambert (abt. 1740 - abt. 1804)

Born about 1740 in Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1804 at about age 64 in Pendleton County, VA, (WV, USA) [uncertain]

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Page 142, HISTORY OF THE LAMBERT FAMILY, "John Lambert, son of George" "So many of the members of the family have been named John that it is most difficult to distinguish in the old records one from the other. No date is left of the birth of John Lambert, son of George of Fredrick County, Maryland. The first appearance of the name of this John Lambert in the official records is November 12, 1762, when he bought a farm of twenty-five acres, known as Gordon's Chance, from Alasander Gordon of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, but the farm lay on the south side of Tipton's Run, a branch of Antietam Creek." Page 144, "Of the children left by John and his wife Jean there were John,Jr., Matthias, James B., George, and Abraham. If any girls were born into the family no record has been kept of their names. Of the five sons two of them, John and George, remained i n their native county, married and reared their families there. The other three migrated to Kentucky about 1793 where many of their descendants still reside." Page 145, "The following are the names of the children of John Lambert with the names of the person they married: John,Jr. married Nancy ______. Matthias married Hannah-Elizabeth Williams. James B. married Margaret-Jane. George married Nellie Johnson. Abraham marriage not recorded." "Abraham witnessed the application that his brother made for a pension in 1832."

Page 143, "From Antietam Creek came Benjamin Wilson, who established his home at Wilson's Station, on Tygart Valley River, near where the town of Beverly, Randolph County, is now located. With him came John Lambert and family. Although Lambert left Maryland , he had not disposed of all his property there. Before reaching the Tygart Valley, they had settled for a while in Green County, Pennsylvania, from which they proceeded up the Monogahela to a new home. On January 3, 1769, John Lambert sold to Christian Henpell of Lancaster County, Pa., his land known as Gordon's Chance.8 Let it be mentioned that he paid only eighteen pounds for this farm and sold it for one hundred pounds. Now having disposed o f his land, he moved to Wilson's Station on Tygart Valley River, Augusta County, Virginia. No doubt the road they traversed led to York, thence by the Forbes Road to western Pennsylvania, then south to the Tygart Valley River. It was a long tria l through the wilderness but things like that had to be in those early years. It will be remembered that John Lambert had acquired a tract of land called Lambert's Strife which he also sold to Christian Henpell.9 This, however, was not all the land he retained in Maryland for on November 22, 1771, he sold eighteen acres t o Casper Swink of Fredrick County. In this transfer, his wife, Jean, signed the deed. Perhaps at this time he still lived at Wilson's Station, Augusta County, Virginia. There is no record extant that John Lambert ever took up land in Randolph County or Tygart Valley. Perhaps this condition is due to the fact that he soon moved east of the Alleghennies, this time to the valley of the North Fork of the South Branc h of the Potomac in what later (1788) became a part of Pendleton County. ((Footnote 8. and 9.)) 8. Fredrick County Land Records, Book M, 4. 9. Ibid. After reaching the North Fork his first entry of land is recorded as of December 1, 1783, which was a warrent for 200 acres situated on the east side of the Dry Run, adloining the water of Deep Spring.10 At this location, John Lambert continued t o reside the rest of his life. And here his family grew to maturity, and some of them married. Although by this time he was growing old in years, he still possessed the desire to prosper in business. So he secured warrents for other lands.11 Howev er, in 1786 he was taxed with only thirty-three acres which amount was continued on the record book until Pendleton County was formed.12 John Lambert died on Dry Run, Pendleton County, in 1804. He is the ancestor of the family still living in that region. Of course many of his offspring have migrated to other sections of the country and there established their name and record." ((Footnotes 10.,11.,12.)) 10. Location Book, Pendleton County, I, 58. 11. No record is left bearing the name of John Lambert's wife. Her christian name was Jean. They were married in Maryland before coming to Virginia. Tradition tells us that she had been born in Ireland. 12.Land Records from Augusta County, I. From the marriage records of Fredrick County, Maryland the following data was copied: John Lambert and Mary Hine married May 28, 1794; John Lambert and Ethel Winters married December 10, 1821; John Lambert and Catharine Null married April 14, 1825 ; James Lambert and Jane Cunningham married January 20, 1825; Joseph Lambert and Barbara Crouse married September 5, 1826,; Daniel Lambert and Catherine Holdenbrand married December 3, 1831; more later cont. ... Abraham Lambert and Sara Ann Young married May 1, 1832; Fredrick Lambert and Catherine Elizabeth Lambrecht married January 26, 1833; George Lambert and Charlotte Rebecca McLane married January 8, 1833; David F. Lambert and Jane Shookl ma rried January 2, 1856. (((My note all this from Fredrick County, Maryland, Marriage Records.)))